I wish I could but I cannot offer you absolution Forgiveness is not mine to grant I am not the one you left aside For things she could not change And so I offer you what I can As one who shares part of her path Your affirmation of Your lived out commitment to equality for The whole of the LGBTQ+ community Is seen and known by those within I know that cannot take away Your grief Or your regret But ... May you find comfort knowing Your words and actions matter You make the world safer A better place for those still here And ... Somehow, somewhere I believe she knows You chose to follow the path of love Because of her
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Which is more disturbing?
Rainbow coloured outlines Painted in the square Bodies sprawled out Cut down in the midst of life Holding hands Clinging to one another Around a globe Only Two simple words Remember Orlando
Watching countless people Walk straight across Eyes averted Or unaware of Horror represented Under their feet I don’t know When it appeared Maybe they’ve seen it Everyday and grown Accustomed Maybe they only see Rainbow colours Leftover Pride graffiti Nothing to see here I see it today for the first time My heart weeps Lives cut short by hate I stop Pause Remember Reflect My heart weeps more I know there is much Since that horrible night I know we can’t hold Everything Our lives would be Overwhelmed But the lack of care To realize some Almost certainly Counts themselves as allies Their Pride duty done To hear a parent ignore A child’s question Hey look! What is this? Their response Hurry the child along I understand protecting Innocence But at what cost?
White hetero-normative appearing Twenty-something couple Pauses to look A sliver of my faith restored Until Traffic slows Their words clear In the silence Okay. I know some people died, but Do we really need to have this Everywhere? I sit back down I write I take photographs Knowing they are not For me I will not forget But much of the world will
First published on my old blog on August 3, 2016.
Poeming Out 